Founded in 1983, The Umbrella Cooperation between RWTH Aachen University, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology – has been established to foster cooperation between institutions.  

David received the 2022 Umbrella Award in "Life Science and Engineering: Data Analytics, Neurosciences and Multiscale Biomedical Engineering"  in recognition for his scientific contributions to Brain-Computer-Interfaces.